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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Las Cruces, NM · June 20, 1978

Date: June 20, 1978 · 16:15 local
Place: Las Cruces, NM
Airport: Crawford
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9608F
Reported as: Hughes 269C
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,900 total280 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9608FRegistered now · Hughes 269CS/N 300012 · Built 1970 Airframe modelHughes 269C Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit during maintenance flight, pilot landed short of runway. Spark plugs were carboned up.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DURING MAINTENANCE FLIGHT, PILOT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. SPARK PLUGS WERE CARBONED UP.